TOPICS: SCULPTURE: CAPTURING THE HUMAN FACE in Spring 2023 (AR3091B)

This course is offered for students who would like to focus on learning the basics of creating a 3D portrait, allowing us to capture the human face through sculpture. We will focus on the practice and development of working in clay starting with a wooden armature to building up technique as we go. The art of 3D portraiture is quite vast, however, students can expect to learn how to explore the meaning of form, space, mass and structure as related to three dimensional design. We will work on observational skills and methods building from the inside out, learning to measure proportions and depth. Students will be encouraged to develop their personal style as we focus on developing perception, proportions and sensitivity, which all allow us to capture a sense of life and emotion from our models. This is a dual level course, providing some basic techniques for more novice students while allowing more advanced students the space to perfect their skills.